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Rot·naisc mar nasces idu feda!
Rot·naisc mar nasces idu feda!
(he bound you * as * binds * ivy (?) * trees)
He bound you the way ivy binds trees!
Nocho bí tuile cen tart.
Nocho bí tuile cen tart.
(not * exists * flood * without * drought)
There is never a flood that does not dry up.
A cenna dona druídib ocus dona filedaib!
A cenna dona druídib ocus dona filedaib!
(their * heads * from the * druids * and * from the * poets)
Off with the heads of the druids and the poets!
Trí fuiric thige degduini...
Trí fuiric thige degduini: cuirm, fothrucud, teine mór.
(three * hospitalities * of house * of a good man * ale * a bath * a fire * big)
Three hospitalities of a good man’s house: ale, a bath, a big fire.
Acht ropa airdirc-se...
Acht ropa airdirc-se, maith limm cen co beinn acht óenlá for domun.
(but * that I were * famous - emphatic * good * with me * without * that * I be * but * one day * on * earth)
If I were famous, I’d gladly have just one day on earth.
Is úar gáeth...
Is úar gáeth
i ndorus tige na lláech;
batar inmaine laích
bítis etrainn ocus gaíth.
(is * cold * wind / in * door * of house * of the * warriors / were * dear * warriors / (that) were * between us * and * wind)
The wind is cold
in the doorway of the warriors’ house;
beloved were the warriors
who stood between us and the wind.
Tosach eólais imchomarc.
Tosach eólais imchomarc.
(beginning * of knowledge * inquiry)
Questioning is the beginning of knowledge.
It ferr airli oldás airle...
It ferr airli oldás airle.
It ferr cíalla oldás cíall.
It ferr gáesa oldás gáes.
(they are * better * counsels * than * counsel / they are * better * reasonings * than * a reasoning / they are * better * intelligences * than * an intelligence)
Many counsels are better than one.
Many reasonings are better than one.
Many intelligences are better than one.
Amrae n-amrae!
Amrae n-amrae!
(wonder * of wonders)
Wonder of wonders!
Am trú-sa trá!
Am trú-sa trá!
(I am * a doomed man - emphatic * indeed)
I’m doomed for sure!